Zakaah recipient

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Question:

Is it permissible to discharge zakaah by paying off a person’s debt? So in other words, the actual recipient will not become the owner of the zakaah, neither will they know that their debt is being settled.

I am concerned that if the monies are given directly to the person eligible for zakaah, they will use it for other extravagances. The person has been in debt for years now.